#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int int_max(int m, int n)
{
	int ret;
	if (m >= n)
	{
		ret = m;
	}
	else
	{
		ret = n;
	}
	return ret;
}

int main()
{
	int x, y, ret;
	cin >> x;
	cin >> y;
	ret = int_max(x, y);
	cout << ret << endl;

	return 0;
}